Brisbane Rail Observations
Last week I spent a few days over in Brisbane. I thought I’d put together a few observations about the rail network from while I was there.
It’s not how heavy your rail is, it’s how you use it
Brisbane airport shares a lot of similarities with Auckland in that it sees a similar number of people annually (23 million vs 21 million) and has strong growth forecasts.…
44 Comments Gathering Momentum by Gathering Data
This is a post by Paul Callister and Heidi O’Callahan.
What is required to start developing a co-ordinated passenger rail and bus network for the whole country? One important step, outlined in the Government Policy Statement, is ensuring we’re gathering the right, quality data:
The NZ Transport Agency and regional authorities need to provide high quality analysis to input into a rigorous, fit-for-purpose investment analysis system.…
In bed before 10: Auckland Transport’s vision for our future
In mid-October Auckland Transport cut off peak and evening frequencies on a swathe of bus routes across the city.
There are more of them than any sane person would read through, but of most relevance to this post are the many previously frequent “15 minutes until midnight” routes, introduced with the new network, which have been cut to near useless 30 minute frequency in the evening.…
If Light Metro is the answer?
As I pointed out last week, making sensible mode decisions is about matching the mode to the demands of the corridor. In Auckland’s case, light rail along Dominion Rd appears to hit the sweet spot between coverage, demand, speed and capacity.…
Weekly Roundup 01-Nov-19
It may have been a short week but there’s still be plenty of transport news. So here’s a bit of a round up of the other stories that have cropped up this week.
First new electric train arrives
The first of our 15 new electric trains arrived last week
AM810 arrived from Spain on via roll-on/roll-off vessel, Hoegh Transporter.…
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